Small Moments of Great Reward

 It was Madeleine L'Engle who first enlightened me to the value of turning adages inside out for new insights. Which is why instead of e...

No, I am not talking about the Brood X cicadas, which are emerging and making their presence known in our community. Cicadas are edible, in...

Ever since 2011, when I read all of the Newbery Award winners to date (even the really awful ones), I have made a point of reading each yea...

  Our schools in the area are all on Spring Break. Because the overwhelming bulk of my job from August through May is school attendance meet...

 I knew it had been a long time since I had posted, but I didn't realize it had been that long. Lots to say, lots to share, but not yet...

This is not a post about Millennials or Generation Z. When I wrote "Youths" in the title,  I was referring to individuals under th...

Well, was that a year or what? And I'm just talking about groceries. Way back in the old, pre-pandemic days, I set a goal of our spendin...